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Waking Ned Devine

1998 • PG • 1h 31m • Comedy • 20th Century Fox

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🍅 83% 88% MC 71 LB 3.75 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$149K
Limited · 9 theaters
Domestic Total
$24.8M
Final
Worldwide Total
$55.2M
$30.4M international
Domestic Legs12.7x
Budget$3M
1998 Rank#75
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Cast & Crew

Directed byKirk Jones ScreenplayKirk Jones Produced byRichard Holmes, Glynis Murray CinematographyHenry Braham MusicShaun Davey Prod. DesignJohn Ebden StarringIan Bannen, David Kelly, Fionnula Flanagan, Susan Lynch, Brendan Dempsey, James Nesbitt Studio20th Century Fox
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 20-22 33 $149.0K — 9 $16,552 $149.0K
2 Nov 27-29 29 $197.8K +32.8% 9 $21,974 $442.1K
3 Dec 4-6 27 $151.0K −23.7% 9 $16,775 $653.8K
4 Dec 11-13 17 $554.9K +267.6% 49 $11,325 $1.3M
5 Dec 18-20 17 $432.4K −22.1% 53 $8,158 $1.9M
6 Dec 25-27 14 $1.7M +284.9% 259 $6,425 $3.9M
7 Jan 1-3 14 $1.6M −2.7% 269 $6,019 $7.0M
8 Jan 8-10 12 $2.0M +20.6% 502 $3,891 $9.4M
9 Jan 15-18 15 $2.2M +13.4% 504 $4,393 $12.4M
10 Jan 22-24 16 $1.9M −15.9% 506 $3,680 $14.7M
11 Jan 29-31 14 $1.5M −19.0% 526 $2,868 $16.7M
12 Feb 5-7 17 $1.3M −11.2% 540 $2,482 $18.6M
13 Feb 12-15 15 $1.3M −4.6% 482 $2,651 $20.3M
14 Feb 19-21 19 $787.3K −38.4% 429 $1,835 $21.3M
15 Feb 26-28 21 $572.7K −27.2% 358 $1,600 $22.1M
16 Mar 5-7 26 $366.1K −36.1% 306 $1,196 $22.7M
17 Mar 12-14 32 $252.7K −31.0% 226 $1,118 $23.1M
18 Mar 19-21 36 $178.6K −29.3% 186 $960 $23.4M
19 Mar 26-28 39 $149.6K −16.2% 118 $1,268 $23.6M
20 Apr 2-4 45 $97.0K −35.1% 97 $1,001 $23.8M
21 Apr 9-11 46 $95.2K −1.9% 112 $850 $23.9M
22 Apr 16-18 36 $137.1K +43.9% 170 $806 $24.1M
23 Apr 23-25 34 $130.0K −5.1% 143 $909 $24.3M
24 Apr 30-May 2 50 $72.1K −44.6% 129 $559 $24.4M
25 May 7-9 41 $78.3K +8.6% 124 $631 $24.5M
26 May 14-16 49 $62.2K −20.6% 114 $545 $24.6M
27 May 21-23 51 $47.3K −24.0% 94 $503 $24.7M
28 May 28-31 63 $32.4K −31.6% 59 $548 $24.7M
29 Jun 4-6 68 $19.0K −41.2% 53 $359 $24.8M
30 Jun 11-13 77 $7.5K −60.5% 21 $358 $24.8M
31 Jun 18-20 76 $5.9K −21.6% 18 $327 $24.8M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.9M
$149.0K
$197.8K
$151.0K
$554.9K
$432.4K
$1.7M
$1.6M
$2.0M
$2.2M
$1.9M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.9%
+32.8%
W1→2
−23.7%
W2→3
+267.6%
W3→4
−22.1%
W4→5
+284.9%
W5→6
−2.7%
W6→7
+20.6%
W7→8
+13.4%
W8→9
−15.9%
W9→10
Steepest −23.7%Biggest gain +284.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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